5In the Night Garden - A Musical Journey

Posted: 04/12/2012

I'm fifty and a half, almost fifty-one in fact. My granddaughter loves this show as do I and so I actually bought this for me. Iggle Piggle is brilliant and has to be my favourite character. Along with her grandmother, she loves Upsy Daisy best of all. A tremendous childrens programme much like they used to be. Spend some time In the Night Garden!

5Live at the Jive Hive

Posted: 26/09/2012

Does Ringo play here? Who cares! For me the interest lies in hearing what Mr Storm sounded like live as once upon a time he was supposed to be the biggest thing since sliced bread in Liverpool. Brand New Cadillac opens the set and is blistering with Johnny Guitar on fine form and the drumming throughout is great whoever it is. This is a must!!!

5Colour of the Trap

Posted: 20/12/2011

Apart from the penultimate song 'Better Left Invisible' lifted from the great JL's 'Cold Turkey', a good album and a grower. Which is not to say there aren't some immediate moments. Mr Kane has cemented his reputation as one of the great guitarists and even though a certain Mr Turner shares songwriting credits on six tracks a comparison is unfair. The Little Flames were great as is everything else he has done apart from the unfortunate Rascals album but buy this and savour!

5The Original Working Class Bloke

Posted: 09/06/2011

About time too... Arthur Haynes was a contemporary of Tony Hancock but was so much funnier. With Nicholas Parsons as his straight man the sketches are a joy to watch. Haynes, who couldn't help corpsing years before Dudley Moore did it, regularly turned Parsons into a giggling heap. Haynes' comic persona was that of the original working class bloke. Johnny Speight wrote the shows before he created the equally working class Steptoe and Son. Credit must also go to Paul Merton for ensuring Haynes has remained unforgotten at least for the last two decades....a must!

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